Staff RF Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, US; onsite. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Salary: USD 158,000–189,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, spacecraft, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Design RF circuits and systems through requirements definition, part selection, detailed design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, qualification, and in-orbit support.
• Create block diagrams, schematics, PCB layouts and routing, simulations, and test designs for RF hardware.
• Develop phased-array communication subsystems including RF front-ends, frequency converters and synthesizers, filters, beamformers, power dividers, and phased-array antennas.
• Perform RF design, analysis, testing, troubleshooting, and system-level communications work including link budgets and modulation schemes.
• Present engineering design reviews to customers and executives and contribute to proposal writing.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
• At least 8 years of industry experience in RF electronics design, analysis, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Professional experience with CST and ADS simulation tools and Altium or similar EDA tools.
• Hands-on experience with vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and oscilloscopes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with MATLAB or other programming languages.
• Aerospace electronics design, development, and qualification experience.
• Knowledge of worst-case circuit analysis, failure mode and criticality analysis, and reliability analysis.
• Experience with antenna design.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.
• Dynamic, cross-functional, hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work environment.
• Equal Opportunity employment.